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by aaronbrethorst 5069 days ago
> ...and would likely have prevented the tragedies that happened in Aurora or Tucson.

Or Seattle. Two examples off the top of my head:

The cafe where a well-known Rails meetup happens had a multiple homicide recently. A mentally ill man ended up killing six people total. His family said "we could see this coming." http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/31/seattle-shootings-six-...

A mentally ill man literally axe-murdered another man (who he didn't know) two years ago a half-block away from where I live: http://thesunbreak.com/2010/11/24/mental-illness-drove-capit....